| Trump’s demand for reciprocity with allies Posted: 12 Jul 2018 12:28 PM PDT ![Trump's demand for reciprocity with allies]( "Trump's demand for reciprocity with allies") Twice in two months President Trump has met with other Western leaders, first at an economic summit in June and this week at a gathering of NATO nations. Trump asked for more access to European markets for American farm goods, for example, while insisting that other NATO countries spend about 3.5 percent of gross national product on their military forces – as the United States does – not the agreed target of 2 percent by 2024. "All allies have heard President Trump's message loud and clear," said NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the summit in Brussels.
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| Why a nearly 30-year-old list of names is roiling modern Latvia Posted: 12 Jul 2018 12:26 PM PDT ![Why a nearly 30-year-old list of names is roiling modern Latvia]( "Why a nearly 30-year-old list of names is roiling modern Latvia") In the case of Latvia, dealing with that legacy is particularly controversial because of its physical nature: a catalog of 4,500 people who served as agents and contacts for the KGB during the 1980s. Ever since it was left behind in 1991 when the Soviets evacuated, as the Latvians were taking back their independence, politicians have wrestled with the question of whether the list should be made public. Now, in the wake of a report by the government's KGB Scientific Commission, this Pandora's box-like issue has come to the fore again.
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